German wind turbine giant Deutsche Windtechnik disclosed that some of its systems were hit by a cyberattack earlier this month.
German wind turbine giant Deutsche Windtechnik disclosed that some of its systems were hit by a cyberattack earlier this month.
The attack occurred on the night between April 11 and 12. For security reasons, the company was forced to switch off remote data monitoring connections to the wind turbines.
Two days later, the connections were resumed, and the company reported that the wind turbines did not suffer any damage and were never in danger.
“Deutsche Windtechnik’s operational maintenance activities for our clients resumed again on April 14 and are running with only minor restrictions. We were able to assess all IT systems in a secure environment and identify and isolate the problems,” states the press release published by the company.
According to the forensic analysis it has been shown that this was a targeted professional cyber attack.
Even though Deutsche Windtechnik did not disclose the attack, experts believe that the firm was hit with ransomware.
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